Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. Read More »
Tag Archives: Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn (1963) Henry Koster, Marilyn Monroe
Rock Hudson narrates a compilation of clips from Marilyn Monroe’s 20th Century-Fox movies. Read More »
Something’s Got to Give (1962) George Cukor, Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse
Years after his wife, Ellen, was lost at sea, Nick has her declared legally dead and remarries. Read More »
The Misfits (1961) John Huston, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift
Depressed divorcèe, Roslyn Tabor (Monroe), and Gay Langland (Gable), an aging ex-cowboy Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, Howard Hawks, Marilyn Monroe
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks Read More »
Monkey Business (1952) Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe
Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. Read More »
Theres No Business Like Show Business (1954) Walter Lang, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O’Connor
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart. Read More »
Dont Bother to Knock (1952) Roy Ward Baker, Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Airline pilot Jed stays at the New York hotel where girlfriend Lyn is a singer. He sees Nell in a window opposite his and they get chummy. Read More »
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) Jean Negulesco, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three New York models, Shatze, Pola and Loco set-up in an exclusive appartment with a plan: tired of cheap men and a lack of money Read More »
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis, Comedy, Romance
June, 1911. Among the dignitaries from the Balkan State of Carpathia in London for the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary is the Regent, His Serene Highness the Grand Duke Charles. The London foreign office places great importance on Carpathia because of an unstable geopolitical situation with Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany set to overthrow its monarchy government if allowed. The Regent, a Prince originally from Hungary, and the most recent and now deceased Queen married for convenience. As such, the Regent has spent time with a series of lady friends while on his travels in his somewhat “free” state. In meeting one of those London women, music hall actress Maisie Springfield, and the company of her current production “The Coconut Girl”, the Regent instead has his eyes set on one of the minor players in the show, American actress Elsie Marina. When seemingly simpleminded Elsie receives a party invitation from the Regent for that evening, Elsie is not so simpleminded to understand …
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